Just like Xu Hu's reaction when he heard that he, a former second lieutenant of the Central Army, was suddenly promoted to the rank of battalion commander of the Chinese Defense Force by Li Yunfeng with a casual word!
Zhou Weiguo was stunned and stunned. He had long heard that the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Forces had an eclectic approach to hiring, but when he made the move, he only had a main regiment commander and deputy chief of staff. Isn't this too exaggerated?
next morning
Officers of the National Defense Force at the company level and above and the Garrison Corps at the squadron level and above gathered together to meet with Zhou Weiguo, the newly appointed commander of the Second Regiment of the National Defense Force and deputy chief of staff of the Garrison Corps, and Xu Hu, commander of the First Battalion of the Second Regiment of the National Defense Force.
Immediately, Zhang Dabiao, deputy chief of staff of the National Defense Force and leader of the first regiment, assembled the newly formed second regiment to accept Zhou Weiguo's review.
"God, compared with the National Defense Forces, what kind of life is the Central Army living in?"
At the right time, Zhou Weiguo stood in front of a brand-new M2-type 105 howitzer, raising his hand to caress the straight and bright gun body, full of shock.
Before the National Defense Forces, as a direct descendant of the bald president Huangpu's faction, the Central Army was rich in money and strong in military strength!
Among them, the teaching corps and the German weapons army composed of the 36th, 87th and 88th divisions are the core firepower representatives.
Taking the heavy firepower of artillery as an example, in addition to the teaching corps having its own independent heavy artillery unit directly under its command, the 36th, 87th, and 88th divisions each have one division-affiliated artillery battalion, plus one battle defense artillery company and one anti-aircraft artillery company. .
The artillery battalion has 3 howitzer companies, each company is equipped with 4 German-made 75mm Krupp mountain guns, and the whole battalion has 12 guns in total; the combat anti-aircraft battery is equipped with 4 German-made 37mm Pak35 combat anti-aircraft guns; the anti-aircraft artillery company is equipped with 6 20mm anti-aircraft guns; a total of 22 artillery pieces directly under division headquarters.
However, it was not until they witnessed the dazzling array of large-caliber artillery before them that the two men, who were once proud to be direct officers of the Central Army's German Arms Division, realized that the Chinese Defense Force, which was rumored to have strong combat effectiveness and rapid firepower, was equipped with far more powerful equipment than The central German weapon master is more generous, and his strength is even more perverted than what people have said by word of mouth!
That's right! Zhou Weiguo's current mood can only be described as perverted!
Among the squads and platoons of the second regiment under his command, the support firepower alone included an unheard-of but surprisingly powerful MG42 general-purpose machine gun and a 60mm mortar.
At the battalion and company level, it includes a directly affiliated artillery company equipped with six 75mm caliber mountain guns and three company-affiliated artillery platoons each equipped with M1 81mm mortars.
As for other sequences of the Second Regiment, it also has an artillery battalion directly under the regiment, which is equipped with 9 large-caliber American M2-type 105 howitzers, 10 75mm-caliber mountain guns and 20 infantry guns; in total, 39 medium artillery pieces directly under the regiment headquarters.
Not to mention, the Defense Forces Headquarters also has an M114 155 mm caliber howitzer battalion directly under its command!
This kind of equipment, not to mention the Central Army of the bald president, even the Japanese Army, which is known as the number one in Asia, cannot match it.
Looking at the world today, probably only the German Army, which I visited when I was studying abroad, has this capability!
Zhou Weiguo was so sluggish that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. It was not until the logistics staff of the headquarters put a set of military uniforms in front of his eyes that he woke up as if from a dream.
"Brother Zhou, you are supposed to hold the two positions of commander of the Second Regiment and deputy chief of staff of the Garrison Corps, but we, Mr. Zhang, don't think you can hold these two positions for a long time. You are simply treated as a young man by the commander-in-chief! Your brother's There will definitely be more and more sesame seeds blooming in the future! So, I took it upon myself to send someone to deliver you the uniforms of the National Defense Forces!"
"Chief of Staff Zhang, are there any differences between the uniforms of our National Defense Force and the Garrison Corps?"
Zhou Weiguo asked Zhang Dabiao curiously while taking over the new and solemn military uniform.
"Of course! The uniforms of the Defense Force are dark brown and green, and the uniforms of the Garrison Corps are olive green! Because the Defense Force mainly fights in the field, the dark brown and green color can blend with most terrains, allowing our soldiers to fight on grass, It is even harder to detect in environments such as forests.
The Garrison Corps is mainly engaged in urban operations, and the olive green color is distinctive. No matter what emergencies occur, ordinary people can identify the uniforms of the Corps soldiers at the first glance in the crowd and seek help from them. "
"Wow! The fabric of this military uniform is so good and the quality is so high! It must cost a lot of money!"
"It's not too much! Three hundred little devils worked overtime for half a month, and half a garrison detachment's military uniforms were produced!"
"Japanese? Chief of Staff Zhang, do you mean that our clothes are all made by devils?"
Hearing this, Xu Hu on one side was surprised.
"What else? After harming the people of Taiyuan for so long, how can we waste our defense force's food in vain? However, they only do heavy menial work, and we Chinese compatriots still have to do the textile work!"
“How onerous can it be?”
"Three hundred Japanese soldiers emptied the factory of seventy-three carts of cloth in two days. One of them died from exhaustion the next morning, and four were knocked down in the afternoon!"
During the conversation, Zhang Dabiao had a calm expression on his face, as if this was a matter of course.
Thinking back to last month, among the more than 5,000 Japanese expatriates captured in Taiyuan, more than 75% of the men, old, young, strong and weak, were sent to the bottomless underground coal mines as slave labor, and 25% were distributed in the cities. , engaged in complicated work such as road excavation and urban greening. Although it is hard and tiring, it is better than working in a dark mine!
This is also Li Yunfeng's instruction. Of course, it has nothing to do with the old, weak, sick and disabled. He is so hard-hearted that he has no mercy for the little devils. The reason why hundreds of expatriates are deployed to work in the city is mainly because these people, before being captured, , itself is at the bottom of the diaspora, so it does not overly oppress the Chinese.
Second, these people each have varying degrees of anti-war tendencies, and after some transformation, they may not be able to be used by Li Yunfeng.
As for the Japanese women who account for more than 55% of the total number of overseas Chinese, more than 1,800 ugly women have been sent to the New Regiment. Their life and death are decided by the Eighteenth Army.
Of the remaining pretty ones, a very small number were taken away by Li Yunfeng and disappeared, while the rest were put into government-run brothels!
That's right! It's a brothel!
As early as when Taiyuan was just liberated, the first task of the establishment of the Civil Defense Armed Forces, the predecessor of the Garrison Corps, was to clear out all the romantic places in the city. All women involved were sent to the hospital for physical examination, and those who were in good health were given the status of free citizens and placed in the textile industry. Factories, cotton mills, etc. pay monthly wages; those suffering from illnesses and poor health are hospitalized for treatment.
From then on, Chinese women were strictly prohibited from engaging in related work. Once discovered, everyone from organizers to prostitutes would be handed over to the garrison for severe punishment!
As a result, on the day that more than 450 Japanese female expatriates were admitted to brothels, the reputation of low prices and high-quality services was heard throughout Sanjin!
During this period, many people felt that this move was offensive to morals and would be detrimental to the reputation of the National Defense Forces. Li Yunfeng had previously announced that Chinese armed forces personnel, civil servants, and personnel in key industries were strictly prohibited from entering and exiting brothels. Violators would be punished with a fine. Punished for collaborating with the enemy!
This also includes all domestic armed forces such as the Central Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, and Sichuan Army!
However, there were still a few people who felt that this move was not good, so Li Yunfeng simply let these people directly experience the culture of the island country. These people who were holding high the flag of immorality instantly changed their stance and firmly supported everything made by the National Defense Forces Headquarters. Decide!
